This post is a work in progress. We are putting together a list of key #Louminati articles that were released, in the order they were released. We will soon be updating this post with our interpretation of how these stories fit in to the big picture.
First, a reminder of the Hargens, Jones and Hudson trifecta.
JCPS administrator: Community should be ‘outraged’ about high salaries – Posted: May 02, 2016 11:05 AM EDT
OPINION: Comment | ‘Outraged’ parent addresses CBO –
JCPS school board chairman David Jones Jr. loses bid for re-election – Posted: Nov 08, 2016 6:50 PM EST
Dozens call for JCPS Superintendent Donna Hargens to resign – Posted: Feb 21, 2017 4:29 PM EST
With Charters On Horizon, Mayor’s Ties To School Choice Emerge – By Jacob Ryan – March 16, 2017
Dr. Hargens to step down from position as JCPS superintendent –
JCPS opts not to renew chief business officer Tom Hudson’s contract – Posted: May 19, 2017 12:44 PM EDT
Secret Christiansen Report, Commissioned by Tom Hudson, Conducted by “friend” of Tom Hudson, Never Before Seen By JCPS Board, Parents, Public, KDE – Oct. 31, 2016
Fast forward to January 2018…
When this surprise, one-sided story comes from leaks by our ousted CBO. What is the motive? Agenda?
JCPS Internal Investigations Of Employee Misconduct Fall Short –
OPINION: The cowardice of JCPS leaders puts kids and staff at risk. The state must step in | Tom Hudson
By invitation only: Meet Louisville’s power brokers – By |
Denying secrecy, private Louisville ‘steering committee’ releases members’ names
Louisville’s rich have joined to help set the city’s agenda, and they’ve got an eye on JCPS
https://infogram.com/steering-committee-for-action-on-louisvilles-agenda-members-1h8n6mjg3y3m6xo
Strange Bedfellows: Bellwether Education Partners Funders
OPINION: Powerful Louisville group explains why the state should reboot the school district
Something doesn’t feel right about David Jones’ group of Louisville powerbrokers | Joe Gerth –
We parsed SCALA’s Bellwether report so you don’t have to – By |
THIS STRATEGY IS PART OF THE NATIONAL KOCH PLAYBOOK!
Perhaps the timing of the meddling done by Hudson and Harris, et al., was an attempt to interfere with the efforts of our democratically elected school board from naming a permanent superintendent?
Dr. Marty Pollio named new JCPS Superintendent – 2/11/18 – He is the sixth superintendent of the state’s largest school district since merger in 1975.
Not SCALA, but many of these same players, #Norquist19, or their partners and donors/donees, are involved in tearing down the public employees’ pension plan.Kentucky business leaders tell lawmakers to dump teachers’ defined-benefits pensions – BY JOHN CHEVES
I don’t disagree with a lot of the beginning of this piece. However, the leap that is made to justify SCALA meddling is dangerous and misinformed. When I attempted to contact the reporter to help him understand, I was asked to do his work for him. He never responded to my invitation to witness the work first hand. –>
Proffitt Report: JCPS should have been our focus 30 years ago. What happened?
Bypassing school board for state takeover of JCPS would be unmitigated disaster –